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Canvaswork pocketbook of envelope form with deep flap, the outside embroidered in oval squares of red, yellow, green, and purple; the side is lined with rose-colored worsted wool with two compartments; wear to reverse.
purses (drawstringed accessories)
accessories
canvas
embroidering
hand sewing
thread
wool (textile)
worsted
Bag, Carrying
Purse
Purse
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
5 x 8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1419
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